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A meme is an idea, behavior, or style that spreads by means of imitation from person to person within a culture and often carries symbolic meaning representing a particular phenomenon or theme.

An Internet meme or meme, is a cultural item that is spread via the Internet, often through social media platforms. The name is by the concept of memes proposed by Richard Dawkins in 1972. Internet memes can take various forms, such as images, videos, GIFs, and various other viral sensations.


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[–] ThatWeirdGuy1001@lemmy.world 19 points 11 months ago (16 children)

So I know this is just a meme but it's oxygen really the only reason fire can exist? Like don't other things burn on their own with no oxygen present?

[–] CarbonIceDragon@pawb.social 25 points 11 months ago (4 children)

There are other chemical reactions that produce heat, but fire is specifically a rapid oxidation. There are other oxidizers though that can result in an oxidation type reaction though, a few are even better than oxygen at it even, like fluorine (which is why pure fluorine is such dangerous stuff)

[–] Literati@lemmy.world 4 points 11 months ago

And why it makes great rocket fuel...

...if you ignore all the other side effects

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